Not just films but other things too:

- Bravo Two Zero + i read the book
- General Portrayal in the news/curent affairs/forums
- Documentary on the net detailing Parachute Reg selection
- Articles I've read about the Brit military
- Time I spent in England (one month, June 04)

Things like that

dwarfy wrote:Grandor,
You big softcock....

see thats just funny.

Waste of time? No idea what you mean... :o

I'm Australian, I wish I could join the British Army. What, I can? No wait, I don't want to, sod your pissing Army.

See!!! This is what I'm talking about! Your way you guys make things humourous and take the piss out of stuff is great! If this was an ...

As intriguing as the idea is, I really don't think its for me.
Australias a good place, I just hope the military populace is like yours has been depicted.

I agree with you.
Expect I don't know what to cut out of my upper body workouts. It all seems essential to me in my head...

It says, in addition I must be eligible to hold a full british passport.
I don't believe that I can.

Both my grandparents on my fathers side are/were English (both served in World War II in Egypt), my father had dual citizenship (Australia/England) but actually renounced his English one so he could ...

Guys, I have to say after reading over this site, seing brit army movies (bravo two zero etc), brit training doco's etc..
Comparing that with what I have experienced in Australia.

I really wish I was british joining the british army, otherwise- I just hope that the lads I join up with are like you ...

Wow, its been a while since I've posted here (few months)! I'm remembering now how much of a great site it is!

I'm wondering if theres a chance that you guys could give my new program a look over and set me in the right direction.
I'm planning on doing the army reserve officers course (australian ...

very cool.

The 100 situps kills me..

Pushups and Chinups are easy.

Anyone have thoughts on training for situps?

Theres a thing called the SFDRS (special forces direct recruiting scheme) which has accelerated training in which no prior millitary knowledge is required.

Its just somethin I'm looking into.

Ok so I'm looking at passing the Australian SFET (special forces entry test) the test is as follows:

60 Pushups
100 Situps
10 Chin ups
2.4km Run (Patrol Order 7kg/ Runners) 11.30 min
Run-Jump-Dodge test (Patrol order) 50 sec
Swim 400m (DPCU & Runners) 18 min
Tread water 2 min
15km Endurance march ...

mfat_man wrote:Jes... the guy was such a realist its a shame to lose people of this ilk. So many dreamers around these days who live for nothing and believe in nothing, RIP

+1

. . on .. topic

Ok, I know this is the RMC page, but the questions I have are based off a number of threads on this page.

How wide do you do the pullups in these tests.

I usually do pullups 2.5x shoulderwidth and get about 3-4 in.
However, I can do 10+ at shoulder width.